Castration reduces motoneuron soma size
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Park, J.-J. ;Zup, S.L. ;Verhovshek, T. ;Sengelaub, D.R. ;Forger, N.G.
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Motoneurons in the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) and their target muscles, bulbocavernosus and levator ani (BC/LA), constitute an androgen‐sensitive neuromuscular system. Testosterone regulates SNB soma size, SNB dendritic length, and BC/LA muscle mass in adult male rats.